Photo #: NH 42159
Christening of USS Akron (ZRS-4), 8 August 1931
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics,
delivers his address at Akron's christening ceremonies,
held in the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation airship hangar at Akron,
Ohio.
The airship's control car is in the background.
Photograph received from the Navy Recruiting Bureau, 1932.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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